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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — APPENDIX

A5350

Inc.; League of Catholic Slovenian Amer-
icans ; Missionaries of St. Charles for the
Italian Immigrants; National Alliance of
Czech Catholics; National Catholic
Rural Life Conference; National Con-
ference of Catholic Charities; National
Council of Catholic Men; National Coun-
cil of Catholic Women; New York Dio-
cesan Resettlement Committee; Polish
Immigration Committee; Slovak Cath-
olic Federation of America; Ukrainian
Catholic Committee; Ukrainian Con-
gress Committee; United Friends of
Needy and Displaced People of Yugo-
slavia; United Lithuanian Relief Fund
of America; United Ukrainian American
Relief Committee; White Ruthenian —
Byelorussian — Congress Committee ;

War Relief Services — National Catholic
Welfare Conference.

There being no objection, the resolu-
tion was ordered to be printed in the
Record, as follows:

The members of the National Catholic Re-
settlement Council and the American Com-
mittee on Special Migration at a Joint meet-
ing unanimously passed the following resolu-
tion:

“Whereas the 83d Congress, 1st session,
has enacted H. R. 6481 In response to recom-
mendations made by President Elsenhower:

“Whereas the enactment of this legislation
serves the highest Interest of our beloved
America while, at the same time, It will as-
sist some of our most Important allies in
solving problems created by tyranny, war,
and Its aftermath:

"Whereas the enactment of this legisla-
tion was made possible by the firm support
and determined leadership of certain Mem-
bers of Congress: Therefore, be It

"Resolved, That the National Catholic Re-
settlement Council and the American Com-
mittee on Special Migration, representing as
they do millions of Americans whose hopes
and prayers beseech peace with freedom for
all mankind, express their grateful apprecia-
tion to all those who assisted in bringing
about the enactment of emergency legisla-
tion; be it further

"Resolved, That a copy of this resolution
be transmitted to those Members of Congress
whose services In this worthy cause were
outstanding.”

A Report to the Senate Interstate Com-
merce Committee on the Need for In-
vestigation of Cancer Research Organ-
izations

EXTENSION OF REMARKS

OP

HON. WILLIAM LANGER

OF NORTH DAKOTA

IN THE SENATE OP THE UNITED STATES

Monday, August 3, 1953

Mr. LANGER. Mr. President, I re-
quest permission to have inserted in the
Congressional Record under date of
August 3, 1953, the letter from Charles
W. Tobey, Jr., son of the late Senator
Charles Tobey, together with his en-
closure.

There being no objection, the letter
and enclosure were ordered to be printed
in the Record, as follows:

Concord, N. H.

The Honorable William Lanoer,

Senate Office Building,

Washington, D. C.

Dear Senator Lanoer: My father had in-
tended to put the enclosed report In the
Congressional Record but. due to his un-
timely death, this was Impossible.

It would be greatly appreciated If you
would have this report Inserted In the Con-
gressional Record Appendix under the sug-
gested heading of "A Report to the Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee on the
Need for Investigation of Cancer Research
Organizations.”

With personal regards, I am.

Sincerely yours,

Charles W. Tobey, Jr.

From: Benedict F. Fitzgerald, Jr., special
counsel to the Committee on Interstate
and Foreign Commerce.

To: Hon. John W. Bricker and members of
the Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee of the United States Senate.
Subject: Progress report on study requested
by the late Senator Charles W. Tobey,
chairman, Senate Interstate and Foreign
Commerce Committee.

project

The undersigned, as special counsel to the
Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee, was directed to supervise a study
of the following:

1. All those Individuals, organizations,
foundations, hospitals and clinics, through-
out the United States, which have an effect
upon interstate commerce and which have
been conducting researches, investigations,
experiments and demonstrations relating to
the cause, prevention, and methods of diag-
nosis and treatment of the disease cancer,
to determine the Interstate ramifications of
their operations, their financial struptures,
Including their fund-raising methods, .and-
the amounts expended for clinical research
as distinguished from administrative expend-
itures, and to ascertain the extent of the
therapeutic value claimed by each in the use
of its particular therapy.

2. The facts Involving the discovery of, the
Imports from a foreign country of, the re-
searches upon, and the interstate experi-
ments, demonstrations, and use of the vari-
ous drugs, preparations, and remedies for the
treatment of the disease cancer, such drugs
to include the so-called wonder drug krebio-
zen, gloxylide, mucorhlcin, and others.

3. The facts Involving the interstate con-
spiracy, if any, engaged in by any individ-
uals, organizations, corporations, associa-
tons, and combines of any kind whatsoever,
to hinder, suppress, or restrict the free flow
or transmission of krebiozen, gloxylide, and
mucorhlcin, and other drugs, preparations
and remedies, and information, researches,
investigations, experiments and demonstra-
tions relating to the cause, prevention and
methods of diagnosis and treatment of the
disease cancer.

4. The facts involving the operation of
voluntary cooperative prepaid medical plans
and the organizations sponsoring said plans
which are engaged in interstate commerce
and which include In their programs medical
treatment for the disease cancer, to deter-
mine the extent of their Interstate insur-
ance operations, the identity of their origi-
nators and sponsors, and the resistance, if
any, that each Insurer has experienced from
any individuals, organizations, corporations,
associations, or combines, in their attempts
to offer protection to those who are afflicted
with the disease cancer.

6. The facts involving the Inequality of
opportunity, if any, that exists with regard
to race, creed, or color, in connection with
the admission of students, researchers, and
patients to institutions throughout the
United States engaged in cancer therapy.

Activity report

Pursuant to the above, the undersigned
commenced a collection and study of ma-
terial covering the operations of foundations,
hospitals, clinics, and Government-sponsored
organizations specializing in cancer problems,
including the following:

American Cancer Society.

American Medical Association.

Anne Fuller Fund, New Haven, Conn.

Babe Ruth Foundation.

Black, Stevenson Cancer Foundation, Hat-
tiesburg, Miss.

Bondy Fund, New York.

. Johnathan Bowman Fund, Madison, Wis.

Crocker Cancer Research Fund, New York.

Damon Runyon Cancer Fund.

Philip L. Drosnes and the Drosnes Lazen-
bey Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Dr. F. M. Eugene, Blass Clinic, Long Valley.
N. J.

Government organizations: The Depart-
ment of Health, Education, and Welfare; (a)
Food and Drug Administration; (b) Federal
Trade Commission.

Dr. Gregory Clinic, Pasadena, Calif.

Hoxsey Cancer Clinic, 4507 Gaston Avenue,
Dallas, Tex.

C. P. Huntington Fund, New York.

International Cancer Research Founda-
tion, Philadelphia, Pa.

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.

Dr. Waldo Jones, Myrtle Beach. S. C.

Dr. William F. Koch and Rev. Sam Swain
Clinic, also known as the Christian Medical
Research League, Detroit, Mich., and Brazil.
South America.

Lakeland Foundation, Chicago, 111.

Lincoln Foundation, Medford, Mass.

Memorial Hospial, New York.

Dr. K. F. Murphy and Dr. Charles Lyman
Lofler Clinic, 25 East Washington Street,
Chicago, 111.

New York Skin and Cancer Hospital, New
York.

Radium Institute of New York.

Henry Rutherford Fund, New York.

Charles F. Spang Foundation, Pittsburgh,
Pa.

University of Chicago, Chicago, 111.

University of Illinois, Champaign, 111.

Thereafter, the undersigned traveled to
Illinois to investigate the so-called krebiozen
controversy, and on July 2, 1953, wrote a re-
port on his findings which is attached hereto
and marked "Exhibit A.” Included in this
report was the evaluation:

“The controversy is Involved and requires
further research and development. There is
reason to believe that the AMA has been
hasty, capricious, arbitrary, and outright
dishonest, and of course if the doctrine of
'respondeat superior’ is to be observed, the
alleged machinations of Dr. J. J. Moore (for
the past 10 years the treasurer of the AMA)
could Involve the AMA and others in an
Interstate conspiracy of alarming propor-
tions.

“The principal witnesses who tell of Dr.
Moore's rascality are Alberto Barreira, Argen-
tine cabinet member, and his secretary, Anna
D. Schmidt.”.

Thereafter, the undersigned visited other
areas, interrogating medical men, and on
July 14, 1953, wrote a further report. In-
cluded in this was the evaluation:

“Being vitally interested and having tried
to listen and observe closely, it is my pro-
found conviction that this substance kre-
biozen is one of the most promising materials
yet isolated for the management of cancer.
It is biologically active. I have gone over
the records of 530 cases, most of them con-
ducted at a distance from Chicago, by un-
biased cancer experts and clinics. In reach-
ing my conclusions I have of course dis-
counted my own lay observations and relied
mostly on the opinions of qualified cancer
research workers and ordinary experienced
physicians.

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"I have concluded that In the value of
present cancer research, this substance and
the theory behind It deserves the most full
and complete and scientific study. Its value
In the management of the cancer patient has
been demonstrated In a sufficient number
and percentage of cases to demand further
work.

"Behind and over all this Is the weirdest
conglomeration of corrupt motives, intrigue,
selfishness, jealousy, obstruction, and con-
spiracy that I have ever seen.

"Dr. Andrew C. Ivy, who has been con-
ducting research upon this drug, is abso-
lutely honest intellectually, scientifically,
and In every other way. Moreover, he ap-
pears to be one of the most competent and
unbiased cancer experts that I have ever
come in contact with, having served on the
board of the American Cancer Society and
the American Medical Association, and In
that capacity having been called upon to
evaluate various types of cancer therapy.
Dr. George O. Stoddard, president of the
University of Illinois, In assisting In the
cessation of Dr. Ivy's research on cancer at
the University of Illinois, and In recom-
mending the abolishment of the latter’s post
as vice president of that institution, has, in
my opinion, shown attributes of Intolerance
for scientific research in general.”

It is a matter of common knowledge that
the entire subject matter Is highly contro-
versial and thus further and additional re-
search and development would entail more
time. A controversy among renowned sur-
geons, pathologists, cancerologists, and radi-
ologists should not deter or silence this com-
mittee from carrying out the mandate" con-
templated and expressly directed by the late
chairman of your committee, Senator Charles
W. Tobey, by virtue of the resolution passed
by the Senate.

Now, passing on to another institution, I
have very carefully studied the court records
of three cases tried In the Federal and State
courts of Dallas, Tex. A running fight has
been going on between officials, especially Dr.
Morris Fishbein, of the American Medical
Association through the journal of that or-
ganization, and the Hoxsey Cancer Clinic.
Dr. Fishbein contended that the medicines
employed by the Hoxsey Cancer Clinic had
no therapeutic value; that It was run by a
quack and a charlatan. (This clinic is
manned by a staff of over 30 employees, in-
cluding nurses and physicians.) Reprints
and circulation of several million copies of
articles so prepared resulted in litigation.
The Government thereafter Intervened and
sought an injunction to prevent the trans-
mission In interstate commerce of certain
medicines. It is Interesting to note that In
the trial court, before Judge Atwell, who
had an opportunity to hear the witnesses in
two different trials, It was held that the so-
called Hoxsey method of treating cancer was
in some respects superior to that of X-ray,
radium, and surgery and did have thera-
peutic value. The Circuit Court of Appeals of
the Fifth Circuit decided otherwise. This
decision was handed down during the trial of
a libel suit in the District Court of Dallas,
Tex., by Hoxsey against Morris Fishbein, who
admitted that he had never practiced medi-
cine one day in his life and had never had a
private patient, which resulted in a verdict
for Hoxsey and against Morris Fishbein. The
defense admitted that Hoxsey could cure ex-
ternal cancer but contended that his medi-
cines for internal cancer had no therapeutic
value. The jury, after listening to leading
pathologists, radiologists, physicians, sur-
geons, and scores of witnesses, a great num-
ber of whom had never been treated by any
physician or surgeon except the treatment
received at the Hoxsey Cancer Clinic, con-
cluded that Dr. Fishbein waswrong; that his
published statements were false, and that
the Hoxsey method of treating cancer did
have therapeutic value.

In this litigation the Government of the
United States, as well as Dr. Fishbein, brought
to the court the leading medical scientists,
including pathologists and others skilled in
the treatment of cancer. They came from
all parts of the country. It is significant to
note that a great number of these doctors
admitted that X-ray therapy could cause
cancer. This view is supported by medical
publications, including the magazine en-
titled “Cancer,” published by the American
Cancer Society, May issue of 1948.

I am herewith including the names and
addresses of some of the witnesses who testi-
fied in the State and Federal court. It has
been determined by pathology, in a great
many instances by laboratories wholly dis-
connected from the Hoxsey Cancer Clinic,
that they were suffering from different types
of cancer, both Internal and external, and
following treatment they testified they were
cured.

Name, address, and type

J. A. Johnson, Ranger, Tex., squamous cell
No. 2.

Mrs. R. J. Hickman, 1225 East Allen Street,
Fort Worth, melanocarcinoma.

Robert Thane, Avoca, Tex., myxoliposar-
coma.

Mrs. H. H. Johnson, Denton, Tex., adeno-
carcinoma.

Mrs. Elmer Smith, Wellington, Tex., malig-
nant melanoma.

Mildred F.ager, 2101 Stovall Street, Dallas,
Tex., melonoma.

A. G. Burgess, 2416 Wymann Street, Dallas,
Tex., basal cell carcinoma.

Ira Poston, 5322 Victor Street, Dallas, Tex.,
basal cell carcinoma.

W. E. Harmon, Grapevine, Tex., prickle cell
carcinoma.

Mrs. J. A. Robb, Weatherford, Tex., basal
cell carcinoma.

Mrs. Lessie Hester, Lubbock, Tex., adeno-
carcinoma of uterus. .

Mr. E. E. Hockett, Farmersville, Tex., R. F.
D., prickle cell carcinoma.

Mrs. Lora Barnett, Peniel, Tex., adenocar-
cinoma of uterus.

T. E. Truman, Waco, Tex., epidermoid car-
cinoma.

Fritz Trojan, Waco, Tex., squamous cell
type.

Mr. C. W. Malone, Brownwood, Tex., basal
cell type.

Val Seurer, Hinton, Okla., malignant car-
cinoma.

Jo Parelli, sportotorium, Dallas, Tex., ma-
lignant carcinoma.

Mrs. R. M. Hoffman, care J. B. Baird Co.,
Shreveport, La„ spindle cell carcinoma.

Tom Coates, Merkel, Tex., basal cell car-
cinoma.

J. L. Renfro, Merkel, Tex., malignant car-
cinoma.

Mrs. J. D. Douglas, Fort Worth, Tex., duct-
cell carcinoma.

Mrs. R. S. Turner, squamous cell carci-
noma, grade 3.

Mrs. C. E. Mallory, squamous cell car-
cinoma.

Mrs. Herman Thomas, 5222 Merrimac
Street, Dallas, Tex., melanocarcinoma.

Clifton H. .Smith, 5637 Hiram Street, Fort
Worth, Tex., malignant carcinoma.

Rev. Horace W. Irwin, West Warwick, R. I.,
malignant carcinoma.

I have had access to literature by leading
scientists in the field of medicine. The at-
tention of the committee is invited to the
hearings held during the 79th Congress, in
July 1946; Senate bill 1875 being under con-
sideration, wherein it appears, as follows:

“Dr. George Miley was born in Chicago,
1907, graduated from Chicago Latin School,
1923, graduated with bachelor of arts from
Yale University in 1927, from Northwestern
Medical School, 1932, interned at Chicago
Memorial Hospital in 1932 and 1933, Uni-
versity of Vienna Postgraduate Medical
School, 1933, 1934, following which he visited

the hospitals in India, China and Japan.
He is a fellow of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science. He holds
a national board certificate and since 1945
he has been medical director of the Gotham
Hospital, New York.

"Report of Dr. Miley of a survey made by
Dr. Stanley Reimann (in charge of tumor re-
search and pathology, Gotham Hospital) be-
fore Senator Pepper’s committee on Senate
bill 1875, a bill to authorize expenditure of
$100 million in cancer research.

"Dr. Reimann ’s report on cancer cases in
Pennsylvania over a long period of time
showed that those who received no treat-
ment lived a longer period than those that
received surgery, radium, or X-ray. The ex-
ceptions were those patients who had re-
ceived electrosurgery. The survey also
showed that following the use of radium and
X-ray much more harm than good was done
to the average cancer patient.

“Dr. William Seaman Bainbridge, A. M.,
Sc. D., M. D., C. M., F. I. C. S. (honorary),
was the recipient of six honorary degrees
from various institutions, the most recent
being the degree of doctor honoris cause from
the University of San Marcos, Peru. He has
been surgeon at the New York Skin and Can-
cer Hospital, surgical director of New York
City Children’s Hospital, and of Manhattan
State Hospital, Ward’s Island, and consult-
ing surgeon and gynecologist to various hos-
pitals in the New York metropolitan and
suburban areas.

"While there are some who still believe in
the efficacy of radiation as a cure, my skepti-
cism with regard to its value is being in-
creasingly substantiated. But even with the
best technic of today, its curative effect in
real cancer is questionable. In 1939 the
great British physiologist, Sir Leonard Hill,
wrote: ‘Large doses (of gamma and hard
X-rays) produce destruction of normal tis-
sues such as marrow and lymphoid tissue,
leucocytes and epithelial linings, and death
ensues. * * * The nation would, I think, be
little the worse off if all the radium in the
country now buried for security from bomb-
ing in deep holes, remains therein.'

"A neoplasm should never be Incised for
diagnostic purposes, for one cannot tell at
what split moment the cancer cells may be
disseminated and the patient doomed. As-
pirating the neoplasm to draw out the cells
by suction. This, too, is a very questionable
procedure, for what of the cancer cells that
may be present below the puncture point
and around the needle which have been set
free? It must be realized that while cancer
cannot be transplanted from man to man, it
can be transplanted in the same host."

"There is a report from another source
in which Dr. Feinblatt, for 6 years pathologist
of the Memorial Hospital, New York, reported
that the Memorial Hospital had originally
given X-ray and radium treatment before
and after radical operations for breast ma-
lignancy. These patients did not long sur-
vive, so X-ray and radium were given after
surgery only. These patients lived a brief
time only, and after omitting all radiation
patients lived the longest of all.

"doctors warned to be wary in use of x-rays

IN DISEASE TREATMENT

"(By Howard W. Blakeslee, Associated Press
science editor)

"New York, July 6, 1948. — X-rays and gam-
ma rays can cause bone cancer is warning
issued in Cancer, a new medical journal
started by the American Cancer Society.
The bone cancer warning, covering more than
20 pages, is by Drs. William G. Gahan, Helen
Q. Woodward, Norman L. Higginbotham, Fred
W. Steward, and Bradley I. Coley, all of New
York City.

"One of the most dangerous things about
this kind of bone cancer, the report states,
is the very long delay between the use of
the rays and the appearance of the cancer.

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The delay time In the 11 cases ranged from
6 to 22 years..

“Dr. Herman Joseph Muller, Nobel Prize
winner, a world-renowned scientist, has
stated the medical profession is permanently
damaging the American life stream through
the unwise use of X-rays. There is no dosage
of X-ray so low as to be without risk of
producing harmful mutations.”

The attention of the committee is in-
vited to the request made by Senator Elmer
Thomas following an Investigation made by
the Senator of the Hoxsey Cancer Clinic
under date of February 25, 1947, and ad-
dressed to the Surgeon General, Public
Health Department, Washington, D. C.,
wherein he sought to enlist the support of
the Federal Government to make an investi-
gation and report. No such investigation
was made. In fact, every effort was made
to avoid and evade the investigation by the
Surgeon General’s office. The record will
reveal that this clinic did furnish 62 com-
plete case histories, including pathology,
names of hospitals, physicians, etc., in 1945.
Again, in June 1950, 77 case histories, which
included the names of the patients, patho-
logical reports in many instances, and in
the absence thereof, the names of the pathol-
ogists, hospitals, and physicians who had
treated these patients before being treated
at the Hoxsey Cancer Clinic. The Council
of National Cancer Institute, without investi-
gation, in October 1950, refused to order an
investigation. The record in the Federal
court discloses that this agency of the Fed-
eral Government took sides and sought in
every way to hinder, suppress, and restrict
this institution in their treatment of cancer.
(See testimony of Dr. Gilcin Meadors, pp.
1125-1139, transcript of record. Case No.
13645, D. S. C. A.)

Among the numerous foundations and
clinics which profess to possess a remedy for
the treatment of cancer is the Lincoln Foun-
dation of Medford, Mass., which has been
the particular target of the AMA. I have not
had an opportunity to sufficiently explore
the particular type of therapy employed by
this institution. However, I understand it
involves a unique theory of inhalent therapy
and the transmission of bacteria-phage. In
passing it is important to note that this
technique was the subject of a particular
Interest to the late chairman who was a
trustee of the Lincoln Foundation following
a successful treatment of his son, Charles
W. Tobey, Jr. This remedy has been tried
by hundreds of patients and it is alleged that
these treatments have been proven beneficial.

Another institution which claims to have
made some progress in the treatment of can-
cer is the Drosnes-Lazenbey Cancer Clinic, of
Pittsburgh, Pa. The reports would indicate
that this institution is likewise entitled to
a hearing before this committee. The heavy
toll of life being taken by cancer requires a
searching investigation. The methods em-
ployed, as I understand it, is a substance
known as Mucorhicln, which Is reported to be
of therapeutic value.

Under the fourth assignment concerning
voluntary cooperative prepaid medical plans
and any resistance encountered from organ-
izations, associations, or combines, it is a
matter of public record in the Federal and
State court that medical associations have
put up a roadblock whenever or wherever
this is attempted.

The Committee on Labor and Public Wel-
fare, through its Subcommittee on Health,
submitted the results of a study of health
Insurance plans in the United States, in a
report issued in May 1951, 82d Congress.
This was accomplished under the direction
of Dr. Dean H. Clark, now the director of the
Massachusetts General Hospital. This ap-
pears to be the first objective and Impartial
study of the scope, benefits, and effective-
ness of voluntary health Insurance plans.
It shows that one-half of the population at
that time had some form of protection

against the cost of hospital care, but only
3 million had what can be called compre-
hensive protection against the cost of hos-
pital and medical care. Specifically with
reference to cancer, it would appear that an
opportunity would be afforded members of
this sort of a health program to periodic
checkups to determine whether they had
cancer. This subject was discussed at length
between Kenneth Melklejohn, staff director
of the Subcommittee on Health, and Senator
Tobey, 2 years ago. Correspondence between
the two is available. The reports, of course,
are available to the members of this com-
mittee.

From a strictly legal as well as ethical ap-
proach, if one individual has the right to
select his own physician or hospital, why
cannot 10,000 individuals and their families
determine that they intend to invest directly,
or indirectly, in the construction and main-
tenance of a hospital, employ a staff of com-
petent physicians, surgeons, technicians,
laboratory experts, nurses, interns, et cetera,
to look after their health problems? This
is not so-called socialized medicine. It is
purely voluntary. Here, as elsewhere stated
in this report, the Jurisdiction of the com-
mittee may be limited. It may properly
belong to the States and their legislators
and courts to determine this problem. How-
ever, the general welfare clause of the Con-
stitution may be the answer. If the com-
mitteee should determine that it has juris-
diction, I am of the opinion that competent
legal evidence can be presented which will
aid and assist the committee in its final
judgment.

With reference to the fifth assignment, you
are advised that time did not permit me to
ascertain the number of students or the
Increase thereof in the various medical
schools throughout the country. It has been
suggested that a studied effort has been
made by certain groups to keep the number
of students enrolling in medical schools at
a low figure. I do not assert this to be the
fact and I doubt if the committee would
have Jurisdiction to go into that question.
This would properly belong to the States.
If this is a fact, then the various State legis-
latures of the country should, of course, take
necessary steps, consistent with the public
welfare, to see that every opportunity is
given to any boy or girl who possesses the
necessary qualifications to be permitted to
enter medical schools. If, on the other
hand, this committee believes that' it has
Jurisdiction under the general welfare clause
of the Constitution to go forward, then cer-
tainly it would be a proper and timely matter
of inquiry. In any event, you do have Juris-
diction and should complete the investiga-
tion insofar as cancer is concerned by those
engaged in the research field.

A careful study of the subject matter em-
braced in the direction of the late chairman
will disclose the tremendous Importance of
the investigation undertaken and the con-
sideration of the results by the members of
this committee.

We have long since passed the age of witch
hunting. We are, notwithstanding, living in
an era of hysteria. Investigation seems to be
the order of the day. Crude thinking results
in hysterical action. Perhaps the converse
is true. The beginning of hysteria is the
end of sound thinking. Proceeding, there-
fore, to the end result sought by all, we rec-
ognize the value of our goal in striving for a
sound, vigorous, and healthful Nation at
minimum costs. Money, however, lavishly
spent to stamp out a dreadful scourge is
sound public economy.

L have approached this problem with an
open mind. Recognizing the importance of
men skilled in the science of medicine, who
are best informed. If not qualified, on the
question of cancer, its causes and treatment,
I directed my attention to the propaganda
by the American Medical Association and the
American Cancer Society to the effect.

namely, "that radium, X-ray therapy, and
surgery are the only recognized treatments
for cancer.”

Is there any dispute among recognized
medical scientists in America and elsewhere
in the world on the use of radium and X-ray
therapy in the treatment of cancer? The
answer is definitely "Yes." There is a divi-
sion of opinion on the use of radium and
X-ray. Both agencies are destructive, not
constructive. In the alleged destruction of
the abnormal, outlaw, or cancer cells both
X-ray therapy and radium destroy normal
tissue and normal cells. Recognized medical
authorities in America and elsewhere state
positively that X-ray therapy can cause can-
cer in and of itself. Documented cases are
available.

The increased number of cancer patients
in America of all ages and the apparent fail-
ure to presently cope with this dread disease
indicates the necessity of a sustained effort
of private and Federal agencies to continue
research in the field of cancer, its causes
and treatment.

If radium, X-ray, or surgery or either of
them is the complete answer, then the great-
est hoax of the age is being perpetrated upon
the people by the continued appeal for funds
for further research. If neither X-ray,
radium, or surgery is the complete answer
to this dreaded disease, and I submit that
it is not, then what is the plain duty of
society? Should we stand still? Should we
sit idly by and count the number of physi-
cians, surgeons, and cancerologists who are
not only divided but who, because of fear
or favor, are forced to line up with the sot
called accepted view of the American Medical
Association, or should this committee make
a full-scale investigation of the organized
effort to hinder, suppress, and restrict the
free flow of drugs which allegedly have proven
successful in cases where clinical records,
case history, pathological reports, and X-ray
photographic proof, together with the alleged
cured patients, are available?

Accordingly, we should determine whether
existing agencies, both public and private,
are engaged and have pursued a policy of
harassment, ridicule, slander, and libelous
attacks on others sincerely engaged in stamp-
ing out this curse of mankind. Have medi-
cal associations, through their officers, agents,
servants and employees engaged in this prac-
tice? My investigation to date should con-
vince this committee that a conspiracy does
exist to stop the free flow and use of drugs
in interstate commerce which allegedly has
solid therapeutic value. Public and private
funds have been thrown around like con-
fetti at a country fair to close up and destroy
clinics, hospitals, and scientific research lab-
oratories which do not conform to the view-
point of medical associations.

How long will the American people take
this? To illustrate the stranglehold of the
American Medical Association on legislation
which in turn affects every household in
America, let us look at a small 25-cent tube
of penicillin ointment. Is it dangerous to
have around the house for a cut or small
bruise on your body? Rat poison can be
bought without a doctor’s prescription.
Arsenic can be bought without a doctor’s
prescription. The sale of arsenic and rat
poisons is small but not penicillin. Accord-
ingly, we must have a doctor’s prescription
in America to buy a 25-cent tube of oint-
ment. In Canada, however, the medical
association has not yet discovered the great
danger of a small tube of penicillin ointment
and, accordingly, the people are able to buy
it without paying a doctor for a prescription.
To say that it is dangerous, is silly. To
assert, rather, that it is but another mani-
festation of power and privilege of a few at
the expense of the many would be more con-
sistent with truth and wholly accurate.

What is the duty of this committee and
the members thereof? Your first duty, of
course, is to do right. Properly considered,
that is your only duty. In doing right, how-

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ever, you owe a duty to the American people.
In upholding the law and enacting legis-
lation for the people of America, we look
first to the Instrument of our creation as
a representative form of government. Those
powers not specifically conferred upon the
Federal Government and denied to the States
are reserved either to the States or to the
people. Thus, the founding fathers very
wisely created an area of freedom In which
freemen shall function. It is in this area
set aside by the fathers of our Republic that
people have the right to own property, trans-
act business, build up a system of free enter-
prise without hindrance, harassment, or
abuse of either the Government, State or
Federal, or of other citizens, however pow-
erful, so long as the people so engaged do
not trespass upon the rights of others. This
Is the basic concept of liberty functioning
in America. It may be said to be a reser-
voir of freedom. In this area we have min-
gled our money and blood with the races of
mankind. We have demonstrated our abil-
ity to live together peacefully and happilly,
although we represent most of the races,
most of the colors, and most of the creeds.
This was an Innovation and a new experi-
ment to the peoples of the Old World. Out
of and from this area has sprung the noblest
dreams and saintltest purposes of mankind —
purposes so strong and vital that it has be-
come the envy and admiration of a waiting
world. People look longingly to the shores
of America and desire to make this their
asylum of escape and hope for the future.
It Is more than a dream, it Is a reality.
While we have not solved all the problems
of mankind, we have at least provided a sanc-
tuary and the Instruments of government,
If properly guarded against the abuse of
selfish men and organizations who would
bend It to suit their purposes, which could
live for centuries to come. In this connec-
tion this committee should Investigate the
advertising agency which controls all adver-
tising In the Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association, as well as the various State
Journals. Why Is the stamp of approval,
by the so-called nutrition experts and their
council on foods, placed on certain foodstuffs,
denied to others, and others condemned
without a reasonable investigation? Is there
any relationship between approval by th’ese
experts and the operation of the advertising
agency in the offices of the American Medical
Association?

May I, with propriety, call your attention
to the tragedy which has invaded the United
States Senate. Four great Americans, all of
them — Senator McMahon, Senator Wherry,
Senator Vandenberg, and Senator Bob Taft —
were all stricken down with this dreaded
disease. We are under a compelling moral
obligation to the memory of these great
public servants and to the untold millions
of cancer sufferers throughout the world to
carry oh this Investigation. We cannot do
otherwise.

Respectfully submitted.

Benedict F. FitzGerald,

Special Counsel.

We Need Improved Railroad Retirement
Benefits

EXTENSION OF REMARKS

OP

HON. HUBERT H. HUMPHREY

OF MINNESOTA

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

Monday, August 3, 1953

Mr. HUMPHREY. Mr. President, in
1951 the Congress passed a number of
amendments to the Railroad Retirement
Act which substantially increased rail-

road retirement benefits. I was proud
to be a member of the special subcom-
mittee of the Senate Labor and Public
Welfare Committee which was responsi-
ble for the formulation of those benefits
in the Senate. We increased annuities
and benefits by 15 percent. We provided
a wife’s benefit to be equal to one-half
the annuitant’s benefit, up to a maxi-
mum of $40 a month. We increased sur-
vivor's benefits by 33 percent and made
other essential improvements without
increasing tax rates. We also provided
for the creation of a Joint Committee
on Railroad Retirement to study ways
and means of increasing railroad retire-
ment benefits further. That joint com-
mittee has reported its recommenda-
tions.

It is necessary that the Congress act
quickly to improve the railroad retire-
ment system. The railroad workers of
the United States have contributed to
the development of a retirement system
which is today not adequately meeting
their needs in view of the increased cost
of living. New railroad retirement bene-
fits can be achieved if the Congress will
enact the necessary legislation next
year.

Within the last few weeks the distin-
guished chairman of the Committee on
Railroad Retirement, Senator Paul H.
Douglas, of Illinois, has presented to the
Congress the result of that joint com-
mittee study. This was the most
thorough study ever made of the rail-
road retirement system and was made
under the personal direction of Senator
Douglas, who is a great friend of the
railroad workers. The study demon-
strates that substantially better benefits
are possible by means of more profitable
investments of the railroad retirement
reserve, and by other methods, without
increasing the tax rate. This is good
news. There should, therefore, be no
reason for any delay next year.

Mr. President, in order to inform all
railroad workers and railroad retirement
beneficiaries of the improvements under
consideration, I ask unanimous consent
to insert in the Appendix of the Record
a list of such possibilities. Congress may
not be able to make all of the changes
included in the list. Nevertheless, after
consultation with the Railroad Retire-
ment Board, standard railroad unions
and other interested parties, I feel cer-
tain that a sound, effective, and im-
proved program can be worked out.

There being no objection, the list re-
ferred to was ordered printed in the
Record as follows:

Improvements of the Railroad Retirement
Act Under Consideration by Congress

1. An across-the-board Increase in all
benefits.

2. A minimum monthly annuity of $100.

3. Elimination of the dual benefits restric-
tion. At the present time railroad retire-
ment payments are usually reduced when
the annuitant Is also receiving social security
benefits. Proposals have been made to elim-
inate this reduction.

4. Calculation of benefits on a more favor-
able basis. Benefits are presently figured on
the basis of overall average wages. Sugges-
tions have been made for figuring payments.
Instead, from the employee’s average earn-
ings during his 5 highest years.

6. Lower age requirement for retirement
on full annuity. Retirement before age 65

on a reduced annuity is already possible.
However, some have suggested provision for
retirement on full annuities at age 60 after
30 years of service.

6. Lower age requirement of wife for wife’s
benefit from age 65 to age 60.

7. Lower age requirement for widow’s bene-
fits from age 65 to age 60 (complete elimina-
tion of age requirement has also been urged
for widows) .

8. Increase all survivor benefits substan-
tially.

Resolution of Daingerfield (Tex.)
Chamber of Commerce

EXTENSION OF REMARKS

OF

HON. PAUL J. K1LDAY

OF TEXAS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Monday, August 3, 1953

Mr. KILDAY. Mr. Speaker, under
leave to extend my remarks, I am in-
cluding the following resolution, adopt-
ed by the Chamber of Commerce of
Daingerfield, Tex., and addressed to
Senator Lyndon Johnson, of Texas:

Daingerfield Chamber of Commerce,

Daingerfield, Tex., July 16, 1953.
Senator Lyndon Johnson,

Senate Office Building,

Washington, D. C.

Most Honorable Senator —

"Be it resolved, That the Daingerfield
Chamber of Commerce of Texas thank you
for your efforts that were put forth in
helping our friends in the cattle industry
of west Texas survive the most severe
drought of this generation.

"Be it resolved, That through you It will
be possible for the cities and the peoples of
the Southwest once again to prepare to build
an empire that will not be outclassed by
any. This will be accomplished by the fact
that your time was spent in behalf of the
constituents of this great State.

“Further we would like to state that this
area has been fortunate through the grace of
God to have received an ample water fall
that will permit us to be a part of the help-
ers for the needy.”

This resolution being duly adopted and the
motion made by George (Buddy) Bass, sec-
onded by Jack Ponder, on this the 15th day
of July 1953.

Sincerely,

W. M. Watson,

Manager, Chamber of Commerce.

Why Our GI’s Fought So Hard

EXTENSION OF REMARKS

OP

HON. HUBERT H. HUMPHREY

OF MINNESOTA

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

Monday, August 3, 1953

Mr. HUMPHREY. Mr. President, I ask
unanimous consent that the text of a
broadcast by Mr. Eric Sevareid, the dis-
tinguished radio commentator of the
Columbia Broadcasting System on July
27 be printed in the Appendix of the
Congressional Record. Every service-
man’s family should have an opportunity
to read this brilliant and poetic product
of Mr. Sevareid’s keen mind and compas-
sionate heart.